There are nearly a dozen different English translations of “The Trial,” by Franz Kafka, each with different abridged entries and author’s margins to give context…
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Some words and sentences linger for months after being read. For Jerzy Kosiński’s “The Painted Bird,” there are entire chapters that continue to haunt me…
As the Maine Campus settles into hibernation for finals week and winter break, I wanted to review my favorite short story, “The Death of a…
From Jewish tradition, a niggunim is a spiritual prayer through repeated melodies and sounds that act as a way to ground the group and move…
At just 18 years old, Mary Shelley began crafting one of the most influential horror stories ever written, the 1818 novel “Frankenstein.” This work is…